I have written to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Vicky Ford MP, to raise concerns about racial disparity issues that exist within care, fostering and adoption.
Home for Good, the children’s charity that focuses on supporting children in the care system, contacted me on this issue, and I know it is important to many of my constituents.
Ahead of the upcoming Children’s Social Care Review in England, I have asked if the Government will consider the significant issue of racial disparity within the care system, and how to address it.
You can read my letter below.